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Railway maps & plans

This rich array of maps and plans reveals the inexorable rise of railways in the 19th century and how they became an established part of the British landscape. See how new lines carved their paths through the British countryside, transforming the environment and connecting towns and cities across the country like never before.

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Plan, elevation and brief specification for the Sankey viaduct

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897

Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles

1939

Map, Railway Clearing House

1913

Map of Railway Clearing House in Scotland

1916

Map, Railway Clearing House

1921

Map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire North Eastern Railway shewing its connection with the exisiting and projected lines of the district

1846

A plan and section of the railway from Liverpool to Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster

1829

Scarborough's map of the British Isles

1911-1914

LNER map

1923-1948

Map, Railway Clearing House

1874

map of London & South Western Railway

Stanford's Map of Metropolitan Railways, Bridges, Embankments &c. ....

1863

Brydone's Railway Directory

1858-1862

A Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester

1824-1830

Map of the East Indian Railway

1846

Cheffins's Map of the Railways in England and Scotland

1845

'Map of the London and Birmingham Railway and adjacent country', c 1840

1835-1845

Royal Route to the North of Scotland via Aberdeen

Liverpool and Manchester Railway Plan 1824

1824-11-20

Map, Railway Clearing House

1906

A new map of Great Britain; particularly shewing the Inland Navigation

1844

A travelling county atlas: with all the railroads accurately laid down and coloured

1847

Bradshaw's Map of the Railways in Great Britain shewing also the line of Navigation from the principal Sea Ports ....

1843

Map of the Inland Navigation

1830

River Tyne

Southern Railway general system

Midland & Great Northern Joint Lines

1914

Plan and Section of the intended Railway or Tramroad from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries near West Auckland

1822

Smith's Map of England & Wales, Containing the whole of the Turnpike Roads, Railways & Canals

1845

Cruchley's Railway Map of England & Wales / G.F. Cruchley

1840

Smith's Railway Map, 1836

1836

Carriage Plan of Royal train for Queen Victoria's funeral

1901

Great Western Railway map

circa 1900-circa 1948

Relief map, Great Western Railway. In glass case with relief of South-West England including Wales and Cornwall.

Great Western Railway relief map in glass case

Map, National Railway of Zimbabwe, system map.

National Railway of Zimbabwe map

Map, Railway Clearing House, Yorkshire (North), 1914, 2.25 miles to 1 inch, coloured, paper on linen.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1914

Map, Great Western Railway.

Map, Great Western Railway.

Map. Philips' Series of Comparative Wall Atlases. British Isles Political & Communications showing the Railway Groups of Great Britain and their Constituent Companies. Edited by Professor J F Unstead and E G R Taylor. Published and printed by George Philip & Son Limited, London. Backed on linen with holes for hanging. Presented by Mrs J A Godfrey, 46 Hillview Gardens, Cheshunt, Herts.

Map. Philips' Series of Comparative Wall Atlases

Map, South West British Isles, Geology, 1856, I. A. Knipe, paper backed linen and green leather slip case, written on case: T. Richardson, Castle Eden, Durham.

Map, South West British Isles

1856

Map, North East British Isles, Geological, 1856, I. A. Knipe, paper backed linen and green leather slip case, written on case: T. Richardson, Castle Eden, Durham.

Map, North East British Isles

1856

Map, Railway Clearing House, Lancashire, 1898, 2 miles to 1 inch, coloured, paper on linen.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1898

Map of collection and delivery boundaries for goods traffic in London, issued by the Metropolitan Conference, with index to streets and places contained in the map of London published in the Post Office London Driectory for 1895. [Hard cover], July 1895.

london goods traffic map

1895

Map, Railway Clearing House, Lancashire, 1901, 2.25 miles to 1 inch, coloured, paper on linen.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1901

Map, "Map of England and Wales showing the Railways, Canals and Inland Navigation", compiled under the direction of Capt. J.L.A. Simmons, F.MacKenzie, Draughtsman, No 40, ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 1/12/1852. Hansard Printer, 8 sheets in blue wrap cover

Map, "Map of England and Wales showing the Railways

Map, North West British Isles, Geological, 1856, I. A. Knipe, paper backed linen and green leather slip case, written on case: T. Richardson, Castle Eden, Durham.

Map, North West British Isles

1856

Map. London Midland and Scottish Railway. Diagram showing collieries connected therewith. (Covers area bordered by Carlisle, Newark, Rugby, and Prestatyn with enlargement of Lancashire District). Printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby & London. Poor condition with water staining . Nailed to rollers. c935 x 970mm.

Map, London Midland and Scottish Railway showing connected collieries

Map, Railway Clearing House, Lancashire, 1889, 2 miles to 1 inch, coloured, paper on linen.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1889

Coloured map. Wilson's New Map of Northumberland, with parts of Durham, showing the Collieries & Ttramways, also all the Railways and Stations, with the Proposed New Lines of Railway. (c1865). Published by D H Wilson, Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Backed on linen. Part loss near bottom right-hand corner.

Coloured map. Wilson's New Map of Northumberland

1865

Map, Railway Clearing House, Lancashire, 1905, 2.25 miles to 1 inch, coloured, paper on linen.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1905

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